Elke Sommer

If it please the court, let us stipulate to a few things upfront: First, Zsa Zsa Gabor does n ot look so fat that it would take three or four strong men to lift her onto a horse. And Elke Sommer does not resemble a bald-headed, Hollywood has-been who hangs out in seedy bars and has to sell hand-knitted pullover sweaters to eke out a living.

If it please the court, let us stipulate to a few things upfront: First, Zsa Zsa Gabor does n ot look so fat that it would take three or four strong men to lift her onto a horse. And Elke Sommer does not resemble a bald-headed, Hollywood has-been who hangs out in seedy bars and has to sell hand-knitted pullover sweaters to eke out a living.

A jury Monday ordered Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband to pay Elke Sommer $2 million for allegedly telling German publications that Sommer is a financially strapped Hollywood has-been. The Santa Monica Superior Court panel awarded Sommer $800,000 in general damages for statements attributed to Gabor and $1.2 million in general damages for statements linked to Frederick von Anhalt. The jury was scheduled to resume deliberations today to decide punitive damages.

A jury Monday ordered Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband to pay Elke Sommer $2 million for allegedly telling German publications that Sommer is a financially strapped Hollywood has-been. The Santa Monica Superior Court panel awarded Sommer $800,000 in general damages for statements attributed to Gabor and $1.2 million in general damages for statements linked to Frederick von Anhalt. The jury was scheduled to resume deliberations today to decide punitive damages.

Lindsay Wagner will do a series of videos on holistic beauty. The first one is scheduled for a March release and details the joys of an acupressure face-lift. . . . Elke Sommer makes her directorial debut and stars in the play "Born Yesterday" in Zurich. . . . Chuck Norris has been signed to write his autobio, "The Secret of Inner Strength," about the trip from karate champ to actor. Should be in book stores next summer. . . .

"St. Elsewhere" will mix sex and suds this season--with Elke Sommer in the recurring role of a Russian cleaning woman at the hospital. "This is the first time I've even read for a series," said Sommer. "I've merely been decoration too many times in the past in films." In the classic complaint for sex symbols, she said she thinks she's been underrated as an actress "because of the sex symbol image."

After crashing her white Corvette and injuring her much-glorified face on the way home from another night of hard partying, Shannon Wilsey sent a friend out to walk her Rottweiler, Daisy, and then shot herself in the head. For the 23-year-old sex video superstar known as Savannah, it was the most outrageous act in a short but outrage-filled public life.

Lindsay Wagner will do a series of videos on holistic beauty. The first one is scheduled for a March release and details the joys of an acupressure face-lift. . . . Elke Sommer makes her directorial debut and stars in the play "Born Yesterday" in Zurich. . . . Chuck Norris has been signed to write his autobio, "The Secret of Inner Strength," about the trip from karate champ to actor. Should be in book stores next summer. . . .

"St. Elsewhere" will mix sex and suds this season--with Elke Sommer in the recurring role of a Russian cleaning woman at the hospital. "This is the first time I've even read for a series," said Sommer. "I've merely been decoration too many times in the past in films." In the classic complaint for sex symbols, she said she thinks she's been underrated as an actress "because of the sex symbol image."

Everybody wanted the last word in 1993. Take this quote quiz and see how well you were listening. (Match the number in first column with the letter in the second column. Answers are upside down at the far right of the chart.) WHAT THEY SAID 1. "They were like pigs at a trough." 2. "We're going down, Bud." 3. "I feel very confident I'm wrong." 4. "Oh, sure! Let the sleaze fly! What the heck!" 5. "I said it wasn't over 'til the fat lady sings. I just sang." 6.